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2026 GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT SECTION MIDYEAR MEETING

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The leadership of the Government and Nonprofit (GNP) Section is excited to announce our 2026 GNP Section Midyear Meeting, which will be held on March 20-21, 2026, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.

As part of a collaboration, we are also delighted to announce that our meeting will include: (a) research sessions for the Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability (PIES) Section of AAA and (b) a doctoral consortium for students and new scholars interested in GNP and/or PIES research.

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Message from Linda Ragland,
University of New Hampshire
2025-2026 AAA GNP Section President

I am honored and humbled to serve as the President of the Government and Nonprofit (GNP) section of American Accounting Association (AAA) for the 2025-2026 academic year. The GNP section has been my academic home for over fourteen years. Reflective of this time, it has been a privilege to meet and collaborate with an extraordinary group of talented individuals who have provided me with guidance, friendship, encouragement, and opportunities to develop and improve in my research, teaching, and service roles. To each of you, I say “a heartfelt thank you.”

As we start the 2025-2026 academic year, I first recognize and thank Erica Harris for her years of service to our section and for serving as GNP section President this past academic year. I hope that I can follow in her footsteps as well as the footsteps of those who served before her. Related, I know that the GNP leadership path is a collective effort comprised of Executive Committee (EC) members, who volunteer endlessly. For this, I deeply thank Vaughan Radcliffe - President-Elect; Erica Harris - Past President and Nominating Committee Chair; Alan Styles - AAA Council Representative; Rebecca Bloch – Secretary/Treasurer; Dana Forgione - V.P. & Director of Education and Research; Barry Marks - Historian.

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Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

A journal of the Government and Nonprofit Section of the American Accounting Association

Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting's purpose is to stimulate and report premier-quality research on a wide range of governmental and nonprofit accounting issues. The journal is interdisciplinary in scope and welcomes a broad array of research traditions and approaches. JOGNA is online-only and publishes annually.

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Thomas E. Vermeer
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Annual Meeting Best Paper Award

Jiapeng He, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shatin and Ningzhong Li, University of Texas at Dallas
“The Role of Federal Agency Accounting Quality in Federal Budget Allocation”

Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award

Taylor James, University of Southern California
"Doing Good on the Down Low: Corporate Philanthropy and Public Disclosure Decisions"

Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award

Linda Parsons, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Meritorious Service Award

Tammy Waymire, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award

2025 - not presented

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Taylor James, University of Southern California
"Doing Good on the Down Low: Corporate Philanthropy and Public Disclosure Decisions"

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Annual Meeting Best Paper Award

Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award

Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award

Meritorious Service Award

Notable Contributions to the Accounting Literature Award

Outstanding Dissertation Award
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National Organizations that Impact GNP Accounting

Association of Government Accountants (AGA): https://www.agacgfm.org

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): https://www.fasb.org

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB): https://www.gasb.org

Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): http://www.gfoa.org/

GASB Update Presentation from Joel Black, GASB Chair at the 2023 AAA Annual Meeting

The GNP Section held a luncheon on August 7, 2023, during the AAA Annual Meeting. Joel Black, GASB Chair, presented at the luncheon and provided a GASB update and offered opportunities for collaborations between the Section and GASB. GASB is gracious in providing the PowerPoint slides from Joel Black's luncheon presentation.

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Government and Nonprofit Section Doctoral Dissertation Grants

The GNP Section sponsors a competitive dissertation grant program to help defray certain costs (up to $1,500) for individuals conducting dissertation research on governmental and nonprofit topics.

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Government and Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting Travel Grants

The GNP Section sponsors $1000 travel grants for the midyear GNP section meeting. The grants are intended to assist doctoral students interested in GNP research by defraying a portion of the costs of attending these meetings.

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Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award

Purpose: To recognize exemplary career service for a lifetime contribution to government and nonprofit accounting.

Nominations: This program is administered by the Nominations Committee and is awarded for a lifetime contribution to government and nonprofit accounting. Please submit nominations to Brian McAllister, Chair of the Nominations Committee at bmcallis@uccs.edu by Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

Presentation of Award: This award consists of a plaque presented at the AAA Annual Meeting.This award consists of a plaque presented at the GNP Mid-Year Meeting or AAA Annual Meeting.

Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award Prior Recipients

2022-2023	Daniel Tinkelman, Brooklyn College-SUNY
2021-2022	Paul Copley
2020-2021	Saleha Khumawala
2019-2020	Jacqueline Reck
2018-2019	Mary Fischer
2017-2018	Marc Rubin
2016-2017	Dana Forgione
2015-2016	William Baber
2014-2015	Penelope Wardlow
2013-2014	Gary Giroux
2012-2013	Teresa Gordon
2011-2012	Rita Cheng
2009-2010	Michael Granof
2008-2009	Robert Ingram
2007-2008	James Chan
2003-2004	John Engstrom
2002-2003	James Patton
2001-2002	Earl Wilson
1997-1998	Robert Freeman
1995-1996	Charles Bowsher
1994-1995	William Broadus
1993-1994	Marty Ives
1992-1993	Cornelius Tierney
1990-1991	Leon Hay
1989-1990	Mortimer Dittenhofer
1987-1988	Robert Anthony

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2026 GNP Section Midyear Meeting

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